Net worthMeet the people who play computer games for others Oct 14, 2006
By Caroline Bailey BBC News, Wuxue, China ... In a scruffy apartment building down a muddy back alley in the provincial town of Wuxue in Hubei Province, one of China's newest industries is taking off ... Back in Wuxue the men in this firm work ten to twelve hour shifts to provide virtual currency for players like James thousands of miles away. (BBC News -- Business)
Earthquake kills 14, injures 20 in east China Dec 1, 2005
Information from the State Seismic Bureau said five of the death toll occurred in Ruichang City, and seven in Jiujiang, where20 people were also seriously injured, and two more in Wuxue, a city facing Jiujiang across the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province. The quake was also felt in northern Jiangxi Province, eastern Hubei Province, southern Anhui Province, northwestern Zhejiang Province and northeastern Hunan Province. (Xinhuanet, China)
13 dead as quake rumbles Jiangxi Nov 28, 2005
One death was reported in Wuxue, a Hubei Province city that's across the Yangtze River from Jiujiang. More than 110 people were injured across Hubei, including 103 students who were caught in stampedes during an evacuation. (Shanghai Daily)
Rescuers rush to China quake scene... Nov 27, 2005
Most of the dead were in and around the cities of Jiujiang and Ruichang in Jiangxi province, although there were also fatalities in Wuxue, a city in neighboring Hubei. The quake, which could be felt in cities hundreds of kilometres (miles) apart, hit at 8:49 am (0049 GMT), causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. (The Drudge Report)
2ND LD: Quake in east China kills at least 14, injures 8,000 Nov 27, 2005
Xinhua News Agency reported that the quake, which struck at 8:49 a.m., killed seven people in Jiujiang city, five in Ruichang city and two in Wuxue city. Both Jiujiang and Ruichang are located in the northern part of Jiangxi Province, while Wuxue is in the eastern part of Hubei Province, facing Jiujiang across the Yangtze River. (Kyodo, Japan)
14 killed as earthquake hits China Nov 27, 2005
The State Seismic Bureau said seven people had been killed in Jiujiang, five others in nearby Ruichang, and two more in Wuxue city. AFP. (Pakistan Dawn)
Massive quake hits eastern China Nov 27, 2005
One fatality was recorded near the city of Wuxue, in neighbouring Hubei province, an official there said. "We'd just finished our breakfast, when we heard a huge roar," said a civil affairs official from Ruichang named Liu, "then the houses started shaking, and we just jumped outside,". (Aljazeera.Net)
14 die, hundreds injured in China earthquake Nov 27, 2005
The State Seismic Bureau said that five had been killed in Ruichang city, seven in Jiujiang and two more in Wuxue, a city in neighboring Hubei province, Xinhua News Agency reported. A relatively powerful aftershock was felt at about 12:55pm. (Daily Times)
At least 14 killed, hundreds injured in China quake: officials Nov 26, 2005
One further fatality was recorded near the city of Wuxue, in neighbouring Hubei province, an official there said. It was not immediately known where the 14th person reported dead by official media was killed. (Channelnewsasia.com)
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Poultry News: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in China - Brought to you by ThePoultrySite. Thursday, March 11, 2004. (Google News India -- Health)
Bird flu viruses have geographic features Feb 14, 2004
Quoting a report from the National Bird Flu Reference Laboratory, the ministry said that four strains of the H5N1 virus were taken from bird carcases suspected of carrying bird flu in Long'an county in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, Wuxue city in Hubei Province, and Wugang city in Hunan Province. Gene sequencing of the four strains has been completed, and initial analysis of the results indicates the viruses are distinctively related to their geographic locations, and are... (Xinhuanet, China)
Animal-related transport at bird-flu affected railway stations halted Feb 9, 2004
They are the Wuxue station on the Beijing-Kowloon line, Wangjiaying Station and Kunming South Station on the Nanning-Kunming line, Kunming Station, Kunming East Station and Jinma Village Station on the Guizhou-Kunming line. The Ministry of Railways is carrying out all-round bird-flu control work. (Xinhuanet, China)
Premier Wen tours bird blu-hit areas in east and central China Feb 4, 2004
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with an farmer in the latter's home in the suburbs of Wuxue City, a bird flu-hit area in Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2004. Wen made an inspection tour of the bird blu-affected areas in Anhui and central China's Hubei Province from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 in a bid to encourage the local governments and people to make greater efforts to prevent and control the spread of bird flu virus. (Xinhuanet, China)
Full Story Feb 2, 2004
A compensation team from the local government reached Zhanglingshang Village of Wuxue City, central China's Province, where bird flu cases had been reported, on Friday to paythe farmers. According to the city's animal epidemic control headquarters, there were a total of 3,600 farmers in three towns involved in thecompensation, and the municipal authorities have raised over one million yuan (122,000 US dollars) in fund to compensate. (People's Daily Online, China -- China)
Premier inspects bird flu-hit regions Feb 2, 2004
Wen visited farmers affected by avian influenza in Shima Village of Ma'anshan, Anhui, and Shifo Town of Wuxue City, Hubei, and asked them about details of the epidemic. He also inspected the local veterinary station and extended greetings to those veterinarians fighting to control the disease. (People's Daily Online, China -- China)
Bird flu control a "tough job" for China: Premier Feb 2, 2004
Bird flu prevention was a tough job for China, said Wen when visiting Shima Village of Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province, and Shifosi Town of Wuxue City, central Hubei Province ... So far, confirmed bird flu cases were found in Long'an County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, and Wugang City, Hunan Province, and Wuxue, Hubei. (Xinhuanet, China)
In Detail Feb 2, 2004
The premier made the remarks during his inspection tour of two affected regions in Shima Village of the city of Ma'anshan, East China's Province, and Shifosi Town of Wuxue, Central China's Province on January 31 and February 1. The two places were declared to have, respectively, suspected and confirmed cases of bird flu last Friday. (People's Daily Online, China)
Bird flu-affected farmers get gov't compensation Feb 1, 2004
A compensation team from the local government reached Zhanglingshang Village of Wuxue City, central Hubei Province, where bird flu cases had been reported, on Friday to pay the farmers. According to the city's animal epidemic control headquarters, there were a total of 3,600 farmers in three towns involved in thecompensation, and the municipal authorities have raised over one million yuan (122,000 US dollars) in fund to compensate. (Xinhuanet, China -- China)
China in nationwide campaign against bird flu Jan 31, 2004
In response to the confirmed bird flu cases in Wuxue City of central China's Hubei Province, the provincial capital city of Wuhan has started a comprehensive program to safeguard the city against the highly infectious H5N1 strain of bird flu. Over 7. (Xinhuanet, China)
Official: China not the source of bird flu Jan 29, 2004
Local officials said Wednesday two suspected outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza had been confirmed in central China -- at a chicken and duck farm in Wugang in Hunan Province and a chicken farm at Wuxue in Hubei Province. "Local veterinarians have basically confirmed it's bird flu," an official surnamed Jian at Wuxue livestock and animals bureau was quoted as saying. (People's Daily Online, China -- China)
16th Party Congress in 2002 Jan 29, 2004
A separate report on Monday said deaths were reported on a chicken farm in Wuxue city in central Province and ducks were also said to have died on a farm in Wugang city in neighboring Province. Local veterinary departments initially diagnosed the cause of the deaths as suspect deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. (People's Daily Online, China -- China)
Mainland chicken import ban unnecessary for HK right now: official Jan 29, 2004
Separately, in Wuxue, a city in central China's province,poultry-raising farmers were warned against the spread of the possible epidemic. Over 70,000 chickens were slaughtered near Zhanglingshang village in Shifo township, where the suspected cases were reported. (People's Daily Online, China -- China)
Head-on smash kills one, injures 13 in south China Jan 29, 2004
Meanwhile, in Wuxue, a city in central China's Province, poultry farmers were warned against the possible spread of the disease. All birds within three kilometers of the Zhanglingshang village, where the suspected cases were reported, have been killed and all birds within five kilometers of the village have been inoculated. (People's Daily Online, China -- Life)
China going all out tohalt bird flu Jan 29, 2004
H5N1 flu has been confirmed on a farm in Guangxi province and initial tests show it has killed poultry on farms hundreds of kilometers away in Wugang, Hunan province, and in Wuxue, Hubei province. China risks losing exports to Japan and the EU if import bans initiated after the discovery of the outbreak remain in place. (Asia Times Online)
Beijing dismisses allegations it is source of bird flu outbreak Jan 29, 2004
Over in Wuxue city in central Hubei, all poultry near a chicken farm suspected of being hit by bird flu have been slaughtered. Beijing has no reports of outbreaks but there's now tighter scrutiny and control of poultry products entering the capital from other parts of China. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Farmers try to maintain normality despite bird flu Jan 29, 2004
Meanwhile, in Wuxue, a city in central China's Hubei Province, poultry farmers were warned against the possible spread of the disease. All birds within three kilometers of the Zhanglingshang village,where the suspected cases were reported, have been killed and all birds within five kilometers of the village have been inoculated. (Xinhuanet, China)
China in battle against bird flu Jan 28, 2004
Separately, in Wuxue, a city in central China's Hubei province,poultry-raising farmers were warned against the spread of the possible epidemic.Over 70,000 chickens were slaughtered near Zhanglingshang village in Shifo township, where the suspected cases were reported. (Xinhuanet, China)
China confirms first cases of bird flu Jan 27, 2004
A separate report on Monday said deaths were reported on a chicken farm in Wuxue city in central Hubei Province and ducks were also said to have died on a farm in Wugang city in neighboring Hunan Province.Local veterinary departments initially diagnosed the cause of the deaths as suspect deadly H5N1 strain ofthe bird flu virus. (Xinhuanet, China)
Enter Jan 27, 2004
A separate report on Monday said that death reports followed ina chicken raising household in Wuxue city in central Hubei Province and in a duck raising household in Wugang city in neighboring Hunan Province.Local veterinary departments preliminarily diagnosed the cause of the deaths as suspect deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. (Xinhuanet, China -- China)
